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Ukip will go “hammer and tongs” after Labour strongholds in the European
election campaign, Nigel Farage said yesterday.

The Ukip leader said possible converts from the Conservatives were likely to
have already made up their minds about how to vote in May’s poll. Instead,
he plans to focus on winning traditional Labour voters as Ukip seeks to
broaden its appeal.

At a debate at London’s Chatham House think-tank, he said: “We are going to be
spending the bulk of our money in the next eight weeks in the big cities in
the Midlands and North, targeting the Labour vote. I